Fastening for baskets, &amp;c.



NITED STATES- FFICE:

PATENT FASTENING FOR BASKETS, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,245, dated March 31, 1903.

Application filed June 24, 1902.

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON ALEXANDER BENEDICT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Riverton township, in the county of Mason and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Fastening for Baskets, &c. of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description;

This invention relates to an improvement in means for fastening the covers to baskets, particularly fruit-baskets. Heretofore this has been most commonly effected by driving a nail through the cleat of the top or cover and downwardly inside of the upper outside hoop of the basket and bending the end of the nail. This is objectionable, since in the first place it is not a secure fastening and, further, the point of the nail projects from the basket and is a serious menace to the clothing and person of people engaged in handling the baskets.

According to my invention the cleat of the cover of the basket is formed with a cut or slot which passes along the cleat of the cover, and the nail after being driven through the parts in the usual manner is then returnbent, and its point is extended upward and passed into this cut or slot, which securely locks the point and not only makes an absolutely firm fastening, but prevents the point from projecting out in position to tear the clothing or cut the skin of persons handling the basket.

This specification is an exact description of one example of my invention,while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a partial sectional view of a basket having the invention applied. Fig. 2 is an elevational View thereof; and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the top of the basket,

showing the cuts or slots therein.

a indicates the body of the basket, having the hoop a at its top edge.

0 indicates the top or lid, which has the cleat c at its under side. This cleat is formed with cuts or slots 0 therein, said cuts or slots extending from the outer side of the cleat in a direction approximately longitudinal of the cleat.

01 indicates the fasteningnail, which is Serial No. 112,986. (No model.)

driven through the cover 0 and cleat 0 downward through the hoop a and the end of which is then first bent upward and then forced sidewise into the cut or slot 0 This nail is applied in the usual manner--that is to say, by driving it through the parts 0, c, and a'-and then its end is caught and bent up in the manner described. VThe result is that the cover is securely locked in place and cannot be removed without tearingaway the entire hoop a of the basket-body or without straightening the nail cl; also, the point of the nail is entirely covered, and thus prevented from doing damage, as above explained.

Various changes in the form and details of my invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit of my invention. Hence I consider myself entitled to all forms of the invention as may lie within the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a basket, a cover, and a fastening driven through said parts, the cover having a slot therein and the point of the fastener being bent upward and forced sidewise into said slot.

2. The combinationof a basket, a cover therefor, and a fastening driven through the cover and through a part of the body of the basket, said cover having a slot extending inwardly from its outer edge, and the point of the fastening being bent upward and forced sidewise into said slot for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of. a basket having a hoop at its upper edge, a lid or cover having a cleat on its under side and extending along its end, said cleat having a slot therein, and a nail driven through the cleat of the cover and downward inside of the outer hoop, at the top of the basket and having its point bent upward and forced sidewise into the said slot of the cleat on the top or cover, for the purpose specified. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AARON ALEXANDER. BENEDICT. 

